Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-17
REPUBLICAN CLUBS.
rhe Delegates File into ChickeriDg Hall
With q More Confident Air Than
They Previously Wore.
Drafts OF Constitutions for Nationa. and
State Leagues ere Prcsented-A Few
Fiery Resolutions were I If red.

| clubs began to file into ChickeriDg hal
to-day, it was remarked they wore 8
more confident air than yesterday, when
| the b. alions were disordered and head
ess. The idea of a federation Of the
clubs, centralized and obedient to the
! toucn OF directing hand, was before
every eye. They were now in shape to
carry out the purpose Of the convention
The committees appointed yesser-
day had been at work las'
| neht. Rules Of order had been
framed, Evarts had been nominated fol
| permanent chsirmaD, and other matters
had been arranged by other committee
.nd everything should 60 smoothly, bu,
| nov the high spirits,i in case of turbulence
| the me moers, could be held under re.
straint remsiDed to be seen.
About 10:45 the convention was called
| to oroersby Hon. Daniel j. r ar. The
chai-men of the different committees ap
pointed yesterday then made their re.
ports. At the reading OF the names oil
the different clubs, pretense was found
for cheering their names when
suggested. There were 3l3 cluo
Games to read, and the cheering was
almost continuous as the following
names were repeated: John Sherman,
U S Grant, Charles Sumner, John A.
Logan, Ben WADE, Abraham Liz coin and
James G. Blaine. The last name was
greeted with loud cheering, but it wa
noticed that some of the delegates did not
join in it. The OHIO delegation was silent
and motionless. "What's the matter
with Ohio?" was ask d, and the cheering
was repeated. The report of the COM
mittee on Credentials. after the reading of
the names of the clubs, was adopted.
General John G. Robenson, Grant club,
BiDghampton, N. Y, offered the follow
ing resolution:
Resolved, that 1t Is the duty of the
government to place our country in such
q state of defense as will command the
respect OF ell nations, and for this pur-
pose large portion of the surplus rev.
enue should be devoted to terrifying our
harbors, building ships for our navy aDo
the man ufacture Of modern artil-
ler2 for the proper armament of the same
All resolutions offered were referred
without debate to the committee on reso
lutioDs.
Mr.. Birdsall Of Ripghawpton said he
had q resolution. The chair said Mr..
Burchard had resolution. That name
brought down the house. It was reso-
luton that advised that the tax On whisky
and tobacco be distributed among the
states according to the population to re-
duce the surplus.
Mr.. Gro es of Ohio offered the follow
ing resolution which caused sensation:
"Whereas it is the opinion of this ma
tionsl convention OF Republican CLUBS
that no mau who at any time denounced
Abraham Lincoln while he was Presiden,
Of the United States as bluff Jon AND
clam, or who ever declared from his seat
in the Uoited Sta IS Senate thst no man
should denounce j. # srson Davis as q
TT ntor Ia his presence and go unrebuked
by him, or VINO in his official capacity as
Secretary Of the Interior ordered that the
e g of the q aited States should be dis.
played at half mast on the occasion OF the
"eath OF J.cob Thompson, or who as
S natOr IF the URiIed S.ates many
years after refused to vote that the
Thirteenth and Fourteenth and Fifteenth
amendm. nts to the constitution are valid
aud binding ought TO be appointed to or
hold the high CRlce of Justice of the
Sspreme Court CT the United STATES
Therefore
"Resolved, thst L Q G. Lamar ought
not to have been appoisIed Justice of SAID
court"
II was then carried, on motion, that all
resolutions should be referred to the
CON ittee on resolutions without being
read. A number were 80 disposed of.
William Evarts, permanent chair
man, came On the platform amidst ire.
mcndous and loEg continued applause.
He WAS introduced by Temporary
Chairman Judge Ryan. he coDgra,u-
lated the convention on it's organization
and said that its work would not inter-
fere with any of the established organic =
tons Of thsspar,y. It would, ike the
grand old party, never eckno Wedge that
there could be chosen candidate greater
than the party. Democrats always pride
themselves that they nominate q man
greater than their party, but that illusion
has about been dispelled. The election
of the man who at present fills the caief
executive Office of the nation has caused
this, aud the Democratic soothing syrup
has shown that it is totally de-
void of auy medical properties
The Republican party never has had
any candidate or principles hostile to the
country's best interests. These deluded
citizens who think so mistake our pripci-
pies. Clubs or lesgues that will be Or
gaplzed now will prove agents
and channels for enforcing the sound
political purposes from which the Repub.
lean party Dever shrinks or fears
Thus the suffrage of this coun-
try will be formed and perme-
ated with Republcsn principles
The sp. aker then referred to the sup.
preston Of he negro vote in the south.
M. E'arts then weat into the message
Of Cleveland. he thought Democrats
might try to explain it away If possible
later on, and when they sannos do this
will retIact. "But we will hold him to
it. We have right to that message.
The laboripg class who reads that mes
csse will see through the
phrases in which it disguise
his real position toward them.
Some people think the Republican Senate
will prevent the President frsm doing
wrong. A nice way that, for people to
elect President. believing that the op-
posite party viii keep him slsight."
james Boyle of ONO, chairman Of the
committee on permanent organization,
reDOrted He said that the committees